Welcome New Faculty

USF Libraries Collections and Services Librarians Nancy Cunningham & Matt Torrence

Office for Undergraduate ResearchDr. Richard Pollenz

Tutoring & Learning ServicesDr. Patricia Maher

Welcome New Faculty

A brief introduction to library collectionsservicesspacesand ..special programs and initiatives

Nancy Cunningham - Director of Academic Services

Matt Torrence - Librarian for Business & Engineering

USF Libraries & Partner Affiliates

Nelson Poynter Memorial Library USF St. Petersburg

Jane Bancroft Cook LibraryUSF Sarasota

USF in Lakeland

Shimberg Health Sciences Library

Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) Research Library

Tampa Library

Services for you Identifying materials you need Copyright guidance Research instruction to your students from

librarians Placing items on reserve for your students Scheduling media viewing in the library Teaching Assistants as your proxy Providing access to your research –

Scholar Commons@USF

Getting materials for your course & research Interlibrary loan PRONTO Making a purchase request

Adding library support to your BlackBoard course module

Library course/subject guides Log in to your BB course Select “Tools” Scroll down to “Library

Course Guides” View the course/subject

guide Go to the “+” button Create tool link Under “Type” select Library

Course Guides Name the link

PRESTO Course Reserves:

Electronic, book & media in one place If you don’t have it, we can get it for you Easily transfer reserves to new courses Copyright is tracked by reserves system Accessible through Blackboard for you

and your students

Course Reserves easy as:

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Services to your students Access to collections

24/5 – books, government docs, reference 24/7 – databases, e-books, digital collections

Textbooks on reserve Textbook Affordability Project

Research support from librarians Reference desk – online chat – email Research consultations Subject/course guides

Tutoring, Math Lab, Writing Center Presentation practices rooms Laptop checkout Study rooms ……

How we build our collections

Direct requests Faculty Librarians Students

Patron Driven Acquisition

Library initiatives & programs

Library – Faculty Collaborations Collection building

College of Education – Young Adult Literature Data collection, storage, and access

Marine Science, Geography, Geology

Documenting History, Anthropology – Genocide & Holocaust

Grants Marine Science, College of Education, Department of History, FMHI

Information Literacy First Year Composition

Open access publications Geology, FMHI

Oral history History, Communications, etc.

Scholar CommonsInterdisciplinary Storehouse of

USF’s Knowledge Capital

Repository Services

Collection Building

Digital Access & Preservation

Conference Management

eScience

Services

Publication & Scholarly

Communication

Social Interactions

Data Production & Curation

OA Publishing Services

Digital Access & Preservation

Impact Assessment

Consultation & Strategic Planning

Geoportal & Data

Repository

Data Management

Planning

Information Visualization

Data Preservation

Scholarly Communications Librarian – Todd Chavez

LIBRARY INITIATIVES

Scholar Commons@USF

Browse department research & scholarship by faculty member or department

Use Selected Works to create your own profileGet your research available through GoogleView your downloads

Our partners in the library’s Learning Commons Tutoring and Learning Services – 2nd floor

SMARTLabDr. Pat Maher

Office for Undergraduate ResearchDr. Richard Pollenz

Career CenterJob Shop – 1st floor

Dr. Drema Howard

OFFICE FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH:Overview of Faculty

and Student Services and Resources

Richard S. Pollenz, Ph.D.Director: Office for Undergraduate Research

Associate Dean: Undergraduate StudiesProfessor: Dept. Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology

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WHERE IS THE OUR?

LIB 210Second Floor

http://lib.usf.edu/undergraduate-research/

The OUR is a unit of Undergraduate Studies

WHY UR?

Importance of a UR Experience

Students engaged in UR:

• Show increased retention (especially when engaged as freshman/Sophomores)

• Show higher academic performance

• Show decreased time to degree

• Exhibit higher levels of competitiveness for national awards

• Gain increased marketability and competitiveness

WHAT DO WE DO?

Main Objective of the OUR:

Facilitate processes that will allow all UG students in all disciplines an opportunity to engage in a UR experience at least one time

during their four years at USF

A “Value-Added” USF Experience

Challenges to Undergraduate Research at USF

Majority of formalized undergraduate research opportunities occur in STEM disciplines

Coordination of university UR efforts within a highly decentralized model

Convincing students of the value of interdisciplinary research projects

OUR Support to Faculty and Programs• Training Resources

- For faculty and graduate student mentors

• For mentors webpage and guide (in progress)

- For beginning and advanced students

• “Getting Started in Research”

• Professional development Workshops

• Posting of UR Opportunities and Screening of Applicants- Recruitment of eligible students

- Tracking and assessment

• Class Visitations and UR Training- BCS UR Certificate Program

- Business Honors Program

OUR Support to Faculty and Programs• Listing of Courses that Contain a UR Component

- CREATE UR in courses initiative

• UR Student Data, Tracking and Assessment

• OUR funding initiatives- UR Publication Awards

- UR Mentoring Awards (beginning Spring 2013)

- CREATE Scholars Program

• Partnering with Recruitment Efforts

Defined pathways to obtaining a UR

experience

OUR Tiers of Engagement

“Getting Started in Research” Workshops

Getting Started in Research Workshop

Goals and Outcomes• Complete a self-assessment on what research means

• Understand the types of research opportunities at USF

• Understand the importance of interdisciplinary research and opportunities that are outside of the discipline

• Understand the importance of ENGAGEMENT with faculty, staff and other students

• Understand responsibilities in obtaining a UR opportunity

• Understand the services of the OUR

• Develop an “Action Plan” for obtaining a UR experience

• Determine library resource competencies and meet USF library staff

Getting Started in Research Workshop

Fall 2012• 25 workshops are scheduled (~30 students/workshop)

- Offered All days of the week - 2 workshops are held on Saturday/Sunday

• Attendees are added to the Undergraduate Research Interest Group- Access to postings

• OUR collects survey data on all attendees to evaluate the learning objectives and inform practice

I know what I need to do to prepare for and obtain a UR experience

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Increasing of UR capacity at USF

Creating Research Experiences and Activities

through Teaching Enhancement

(CREATE)

CREATE Program

OverviewThe goal of the CREATE program is to promote the integration of

research as part of the course curricula or as an option to a subset of students who are enrolled in a course

Research opportunities must involve at least 15 students and may be carried out as groups or may involve individual projects

The OUR will provide up to $1,000 for supplies and 30 hrs of support for a graduate student (2hr/week)

CREATE Program

In both options, students engaged in the research experience will be expected to:

• Pose or work from defined research questions• Apply defined methods of inquiry relevant to the project/discipline to create

original outcomes/products• Present the outcomes/products to others in formal and informal platforms

The research experiences are not confined by the expectation of the “creation of new knowledge”. At the core of these activities is the development of the

student as a researcher or the opportunity to experience the research process and make the connection to how new knowledge that is generated drives the

discipline.

CREATE Program Examples• Research and response to a challenge question in or out of the discipline

• Researching and creating an archive of bibliographical documents

• Creation of web-based sites to disseminate archived information

• Researching and writing a biography

• Survey data collection, analysis and presentation

• Teaching as research projects

• Development of science literacy modules (take on the road)

• Use of performance to “answer” a challenge question or demonstrate a concept (take on the road)

• Use of performance to communicate key course concepts (take on the road)

• Genome annotation

THANK YOU!

UR@UR.USF.EDUPOLLENZ@USF.EDU

Academic Support:Tutoring & Learning

Services

Patricia A. Maher, Ph. D.

Director

Writing CenterFree service for writers of all levels

Tutors:

What:

Schedule:

Online:

Appointments, Appointments, Appointments!

Graduate students from English, World Languages, etc.

All aspects of writing: from brainstorming to polishing

Online, Phone, or in Person

Smarthinking (Go to Blackboard > Academics Tab)

Tutoring

NEW!

SMART Lab

Drop In:

Appointments: Schedule:

Online Help:

New Math course format LIB 232

Math, Gen Chem, Calc, Physics, Organic Chem, Stats and more!

Business, Foreign Languages, Test Prep

By phone or in person.

Smarthinking (Blackboard > Academics Tab)

Get Help OnLine!

Atomic LearningMany software tutorials

SmarthinkingOnline tutoring/writing support

Subject “tipsheets” Study tips And more!

Study Smart Workshops

2 Options:

Face to face

Online

Topics:

Memory systems

Test-taking

Time Management

And more, schedule on website

Spring 2011 78% reported at least 1 grade level gain 33% reported moving from failing to passing

Outcomes: Student Reports

Begin/End Grade

Number of Students

A - A 48B - A 31C - A 16C - B 71D - A 14D - B 33D - C 15F - A 4F - B 11F - C 4N = 247

Learning Support Courses

REA 2604 Strategic Learning

REA 2105 Critical Reading & Writing

. . . 1 Credit/Half Semester

. . . 3 Credits/Full Semester

Welcome to USF!

Remember . . .

Just ASK!